Middx ss

The Examination of Mary Stevens< no role > Singlewoman
taken on oath before us two of his Majesties Justices of the
Peace for the sd. County of Middx. (one whereof is of the Quorum)
residing in or Next to the limits of the Parish Church of St.
Botolph without Aldgate in the sd. County this day of March
1754

This Examinant on her Oath Saith that about
ago one Thomas Arnold< no role > a Cordwainer did
prevail with this Examinant to Suffer him to lye with her at
the Sign of ye Faulcon on Fish Street Hill London and had
Carnal Knowledge of this Examinants body Several times Whereby
She Conceived with Child of a Female Bastard Child of which
She was delivered of in her Mothers Room in Red Cross Street in
the sd. Parish of St. Botolph witht Aldgate on
Which sd. Female Bastard Child
hath been baptised by the Name of Elizabeth< no role > and hath been
& still is likely to be Chargeable to the sd. Parish of St. Botolph
without Aldgate this Examinant being Poor & not able to provide
for ye same And this Examinant farther Saith that the sd.
Thomas Arnold< no role > is She true and only Father of ye sd.MaleFemale Bastard
Child And that this Examination is Voluntary And that she hath
not been forced or Compelled to be examined by any person or persons
whomsoever

Sworn this day of March
1754 before}